Pingry Global Programs: Turning Places into Faces

June 19, 2018June 21, 2018

UPDATED Day 4: Hiking Pinkuylluna (The Incan “refrigerator”)

We took a wonderful hike today to ruins of an Incan granary, placed on the side of the mountain and designed to store and preserve food. The design was impressive, with features to cool the food using cold water piped in from the mountains and dry it with strategically placed windows.

The views of town below were impressive, and the steep climb was a good test of our acclimitization to the 9,100 ft of elevation (verdict: improving but incomplete!).

I have a lot of good photos to post, but a power outage in town has left us with very limited internet connectivity. It also left us with a dark, dark sky that let the Milky Way and Southern Cross shine through, so it’s a wash.

The students began their homestays this afternoon (all our traveling boys in one family, and all the girls with another). When we checked in with them all were having fun playing with the kids of the family and/or their new kittens.

Thanks for the post Jeff! While I’m sympathetic to you for the power outage, it might be a blessing for the star gazing experience and being more closely connected with nature in calming darkness…Easy for me to say that though..:)